Senior Occupational Psychologist (Product & Skills Science)

Location: Remote, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a Series A AI-native HR technology company building an end-to-end hiring platform based on skills science, AI assessment, and AI governance.

What you will do

• Define the scientific foundations and skills science principles for a new generation of AI-powered assessments.
• Develop and test conversational interviews, adaptive assessment formats, and other practical AI assessment approaches.
• Define performance standards, scoring frameworks, golden examples, and benchmarks for candidates and AI systems.
• Partner with Data Science to connect technical evaluation with psychological judgement and scalable AI scoring.
• Lead validation work to demonstrate reliability, fairness, and predictive power as products evolve.
• Produce technical reports and manuals, analyse assessment data, and support client validation and research.

Requirements

• Background in occupational or organisational psychology with deep expertise in psychometrics and assessment design.
• Hands-on experience developing assessments such as situational judgement tests, personality measures, or ability tests, ideally in an R&D environment.
• Proven validation experience producing technical manuals or detailed validation reports covering reliability, fairness, and predictive validity.
• Strong statistical and analytical skills, including experience with SPSS or similar statistical packages.
• Experience defining performance standards and building scoring frameworks or benchmarks.
• Startup or scale-up experience and comfort with pace, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
• An open-minded, solution-focused approach to AI in assessment.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-enabled assessment, including AI-scored interviews or automated scoring.
• Experience using Python or AI coding tools for analysis and validation.
• Experience designing in-person assessment centres or exercises.
• Experience writing technical manuals or documenting assessments.
• Experience working closely with data scientists, engineers, or product teams.
• Familiarity with evaluation methods for AI or machine learning systems.
• Chartered status with the BPS and/or HCPC registration as an Occupational Psychologist.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with a work-from-home budget and co-working space budget.
• Meaningful share options, health insurance, enhanced pension, dental cover, travel insurance, and an electric car scheme.
• 25 days of holiday excluding bank holidays, plus nursery salary sacrifice support.
• L&D budget, wellbeing allowance, eye-care support, and access to AI-powered tools and technologies.
• Inclusive, diverse culture with compact teams, high trust, fast decision-making, and visible impact.